Repulsed amphibious assaults

[mrweasely]

Suppose Umbar drops an army in Dol Amroth. Imrahil decides to fight on the beaches, instead of in the castle, and he actually destroys the Southron army. Does the ship get sunk too?

I think the answer is that the ship is safe, based on these two rules passages:

The Shadow player can attack with an Army from a region containing a Ship to another region with an enemy Army and containing a Ship, using one Army die (or Character ...)

If a Shadow Army in a region containing Ships is attacked, all Ships are eliminated of the Shadow Army is eliminated or forced to retreat.

So no on two counts:

• Shadow army never was actually in Dol Amroth, it was sort-of in Umbar, except it couldn't retreat from the battle.
  
• Shadow army was never attacked, it was doing the attacking.
  

[Krieghund]

Page 5, under Fighting with Ships:

"The attacking Army cannot retreat. All Ships in the attacked Region are eliminated if the attacking Army is eliminated."

[mrweasely]

Thanks. Not sure why I couldn't see that.